Director: Madeline Queripel
Cast: Yvette Nicole Brown, Kimiko Glenn, Liv Hewson, Ashley Johnson, Wayne Knight
Among Us is a 2026 American drama series directed by Madeline Queripel, following a couple whose carefully built life begins to unravel after a sudden accident forces each of them to confront deeply incompatible ways of making sense of the world.
What is Among Us about?
Ernst and Cecilia have constructed a life together built on order, routine, and mutual understanding — or so they believed. When an unexpected accident shatters that illusion, the two find themselves processing the aftermath in irreconcilably different ways. Ernst retreats into logic and probability, treating misfortune as nothing more than chance, while Cecilia cannot let go of the feeling that something larger is at work. As the emotional distance between them grows, the arrival of a mysterious stranger threatens to push their already strained relationship toward a breaking point neither saw coming. The series probes what holds a partnership together when grief and worldview collide, and how much two people can drift before the gap becomes irreversible.
Cast & crew
Director Madeline Queripel leads an ensemble that spans both comedy and dramatic veterans. The cast includes Yvette Nicole Brown, Kimiko Glenn, Liv Hewson, Ashley Johnson, Wayne Knight, Phil LaMarr, Randall Park, and Dan Stevens — a range of performers known for genre-blending work who here ground an intimate relationship drama with varied texture and lived-in naturalism.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Among Us touches on themes that resonate across cultures: the way grief exposes the fault lines inside a relationship, and how two people who love each other can still be strangers in their deepest beliefs. Iranian audiences abroad have long appreciated American prestige drama that centers emotional honesty over plot mechanics, and this series fits squarely in that tradition. The series is available in Persian dub, making it fully accessible even for family members more comfortable watching in Farsi. It speaks to universal experiences of loss, meaning-making, and the quiet distances that accumulate inside intimate life.
Where & how to watch
Among Us is available now on K-Time in Persian dub and with Persian subtitles. Watch directly on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no extra download needed, and no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.